Third-Body Perturbation in the Case of Elliptic Orbits for the Disturbing Body

This work presents a semi-analytical and numerical study of the perturbation caused in a spacecraft by a third-body using a double averaged analytical model with the disturbing function expanded in Legendre polynomials up to the second order. The important reason for this procedure is to eliminate t...

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Main Authors: R. C. Domingos, R. Vilhena de Moraes, A. F. Bertachini De Almeida Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/763654